23 May, 2014| by btreash
There was little calm after F-3 tornados tore through Washington County on April 27 and 28. County officials quickly realized that they would need to set-up a volunteer reception center to handle the influx of people wanting to help neighbors and friends, and to manage items donated by individuals and businesses.

15 May, 2014| by btreash
Mike Young, E&H '86, was a standout basketball player during his tenure at Emory & Henry, but he is really making his mark as a coach. Mike is the head basketball coach at Wofford University in Spartanburg, SC, and his team just beat Appalachian State to win the Southern Conference title.

15 May, 2014| by btreash
Wouldn’t it be amazing to have a bird’s eye view when the biggest news in the world is going down? Robby Thomas (’01) had just such a view recently as he was sitting ringside for the capture of Osama Bin Laden.

05 May, 2014| by btreash
John Allman investigative journalist is now, John Allman....Private Eye. In 2009 John Allman ('92) left his job as a journalist with The Tampa Tribune. This is no small concession when you consider that some of his work there had been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

21 Apr, 2014| by btreash
Franklin R. Blatt, a family law attorney who has mentored a generation of Virginia lawyers, has been named the 2011 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Virginia State Bar’s Family Law Section.

21 Apr, 2014| by btreash
Appalachian moonshining in the 1930s was an industry that was born out of necessity and which grew into an international enterprise fueled ironically by efforts to stop it, according to a new book by a 1979 Emory & Henry College graduate.